Joseph illfeldee



(No Model.)

J. ILLFBLDER.v LEAD AND GDAYON HOLDER.

No. 256,802. Patented Apr. 18,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEreEC JOSEPH ILLFELDER, OF FRTH, BAVARIA, GERMANY;l LEOPOLD ILLFELDER ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID JOSEPH ILLFELDER, DEOEASED; SAID ADMIN- ISTRATOR ASSIGNOR '.IO BERNHARD ILLFELDER, .OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LEAD AND CRAYON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,802, dated April 18, 1882.

Application filed June 17, 1880. (No model.) Patented in France March 20, 1880, and in England May 12, 1880.

To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ILLFELDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frth, Bavaria, Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Lead and Crayon Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to holders for crayons and leads, and is adapted to carry and present, as may be desired, leads or crayons of any one 1o of several colors.

The invention consists in the improvements hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and embody the invention. I 5 Figure l is a longitudinal section of my device, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of Fig. l on line x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bot-h figures.

A is the outer sheath, made of any suitable material. It is hollow, and provided with the loose crayon-reservoir a, extending nearly the whole length ofthe sheath. The pencil end is preferably of a separate piece, A', and is tapered as usual.

O is the elastic mouth-piece or jaws. It is so formed as to tend always to spring open.

It is held in place by means of being pressed into the opening in a plate extending across 3o the sheath, or by any suitable means, and kept from dropping out by the nozzle A. A ring,

d, passes over the jaws, and is controlled by a spring, f, at the other end of the holder, through the medium of the rod or wire e, which is attached to the ring d at one end and to a plate,g,attheother. Theplategrestsagainst the end of the sheath g. rlhe sprin g f is coiled within the sheath A, and bears at one end against the plate g' and at the other against 4o the crayon-reservoir or the walls of the sheath. The crayon-reservoir a is loose to revolve 'in the sheath, and is connected to the sheath g by the neck g2. The cap g being also free to revolve, all three of these parts a g g2 may 4 5 be revolved at will by turning the cap g. The

plate g does not revolve with the cap g, so that the plate g', rod e, and ring d-do not move except in a line with the axis of the holder.

It will be seen how the spring f, bearing against the plate g', will draw the ring d tightly 5o over the jaws O and force the cap g backward.

The interior reservoir, a, is divided into compartments a', a2, dsc., each compartment carrying one lead of any desirable color. rIhe resf ervoir is formed tapering, and has its small 5 5' end next to the clamping-jaws.

Near the pencil end the sheath A is provided with the lug i, which is of suiiicient depth to keep the compartment of the reservoir 011 the side which bears against the lug in direct line 6o with inner end of the jaws, which are in the center line of the holder. In this way the several compartments of the reservoir are made to deliver their respective leads to the jaws in proper line and with complete accuracy, while the jaws are immediately in the axial line of the holder. The appearance ot' the pencil is not thereby impaired, nor its utility affect-ed, nor its bulk increased. The natural and usualV position of the pencil-point is central, and in 7o this device it retains its normal position, while the jaws serve to present successively any lead from the crayon-holder.

To facilitate the production of the various leads according to colors, the cap g, to which the compartment-reservoir is attached and with which it revolves, is painted or stained in sectionslongitudinallytoindicatetheseveralleads in the compartments, and by turning the cap until any desired lead is brought in line with 8o the jaws it may be readily produced. The springftends always to force the ring dback upon the jaws and tighten them over the lead, and when it is desired to release the lead the cap g is pressed over the holder, and the ring 8 5 d is thereby slackened and the jaws open.

Instead of having the lug t' on the inside of the sheath, it may be placed on the crayonreservoir 5 but this would necessitate an enlargement of the sheath on the opposite side, 9o and would inoommode the rod e. I prefer to have it as shown. Several rods e maybe used butone is sufficient to work the ring d and control the jaws.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. 1n n crayon-holder having expansible ing-jaws in tho axial line of the holder, as set jaws and a rear controlling-spring, the oomforth. bnation, with said parts, of the ring d, rod 6,' In testimony whereofl have signed my name. plate g', and the interior revolving chamber, to Jhis speoioation in the presence of two sub- 5 substantially :is set forth. soribing Witnesses. Y l

2. The to erino com iart-menbreservoir a a a2, mountedpin tle shelath A, having the oen- JOSEPH ILLFILDER' tml month-piece, C, in combination with the Vitnesses: cap g and lng i, arranged substantially as de- MAX LBENTHAL, xo scribed, so as to present the leads to the clamp- GEORG SIEBENWURST. 

